Practice Name:

Insect Pest Management in Cotton

Details
Category	Crop Protection
Crop	Cotton
Crop Family	Malvaceae
Scientific Name	(Gossypium spp.)
Vernacular Name	Kapas
Scout	HBN
Ingredients	leaves of swamp cabbage plant (Ipomoea aquatica), water
Details of Innovation	Cotton is a cash crop, which is mainly attacked by ball worms and sucking insect pests like aphid, jassid and white fly. To control these insect pests, five kilogram leaves of swamp cabbage plant (Ipomoea aquatica) are boiled in five litre of water for 15 to 20 min. The decoction is then filtered and used as stock solution. One liter of this stock solution is mixed with 15 L of water and sprayed on the insect pest infested cotton crop. Two sprays at the interval of eight days give good control of these pests. This is traditional method , and has no side effects.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dahyabhai Revabhai Patel
City / District	Kheda
KVK District	KrishiVignan Kendra, Gujarat Vidyapith, Dethli, District:- Kheda Phone No.02694-291252, e-mail:kvkkheda@gmail.com
Address	Kheda ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389001

PAS_1	"Insect pest management in cotton."https://www.daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/agriculture/plants/crops-pastures/broadacre-field-crops/insect-pest-management-specific-crops/insect-pest-management-cotton
PAS_2	"Cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera: control by Biorational insecticides."https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312588398_Cotton_bollworm_Helicoverpa_armigera_control_by_Biorational_insecticides
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain And Kathiawar Peninsula, Semi-Arid Eco-Region (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujarat plains and hill region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Agro Climatic zone(GJ-3), North Gujarat Zone GJ-4
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000005580
Reference	khada, 94/2
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1099
Reference	khada, 94/2
Scout	HBN